Jožin z bažin (originally 1978) is a song by Czech musician and comedian Ivan Mládek, and is one of his best known songs. He even called it the "National Anthem" of his country's shows.
In January 2008, the song became popular in Poland and Hungary, winning several radio hitlists. The song is a surreal tale of a mysterious man-eating (especially coming from Prague) monster (Jožin z bažin - Joe from the swamps) living on the swamps.
He could only be defeated with the use of a cropduster. A Polish cabaret called Kabaret pod Wyrwigroszem (Cabaret under a torn out grosz) created a parody of Jožin z bažin, entitled "Donald marzy" (Donald dreams), which is about the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk.
Ivan Mládek Banjo Band has also done Polish version of Jožin z bažin.
The Czechs still play it on the radio from time-to-time. Every time I hear this song it brings me back to my childhood: I am 7 years old, hanging out with my friends at my parent’s cottage during the summer and lazily munching on Nanuk (an awesome communist ice cream bar). Anyway - it’s crazy - but this song ( and the video) has just now become a HUGE hit in Poland! It’s been the number one song on most of the Polish Top Song list (in Polish it is Jozek z bagien). The teenagers have the disco version uploaded in their MP3’s and are dancing away, trying to copy the dancing style of Ivo Pesak